Overhang
leads to low market prices
The
prices in Switzerland are recommended prices for 2001 based on arrangements
between the wood industry and suppliers. The information about the
prices in Germany were requested from the European economic information
service.
Prices
for timber by-products in CHF:
Using
saw dust and wood flour to produce SLP opens a big market for raw
materials. There is little competition within the buyers market.
For the saw mills even a small rise in prices is a good argument
to supply their by-products for the production of SLP.
A
rough estimate of the timber by-products in Europe would be: The
sawmills process approx. 200 million cubic meters of timber. According
to the above mentioned rule of thumb, approx. 40% or 80 million
cubic meters turn out as by-products, 33% of which (or 27 million
cubic meters) are difficult to dispose of saw dust and wood flour.
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